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Bhaiksuki (Unicode block)

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Plane
  
SMP

Assigned
  
97 code points

Scripts
  
Bhaiksuki

9.0
  
97 (+97)

Range
  
U+11C00..U+11C6F (112 code points)

Unused
  
15 reserved code points

Bhaiksuki is a Unicode block containing characters from the Bhaiksuki alphabet, which is a Brahmi-based script that was used for writing Sanskrit during the 11th and 12th centuries CE, mainly in the present-day states of Bihar and West Bengal in India, and in parts of Bangladesh.

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bhaiksuki block:

References

Bhaiksuki (Unicode block) Wikipedia